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Office of Court Admin vs Judge Veneracion, Linatoc

OFFICE OF THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR, complainant, vs. JUDGE LORENZO B. VENERACION, and Branch Clerk of Court ROGELIO M. LINATOC, both of the REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, Branch 47, MANILA, respondents.

A.M. No. RTJ-99-1432 | 2000-06-21

R E S O L U T I O N


PARDO, J.:

The case before the Court is an administrative complaint against Judge Lorenzo B. Veneracion for grave misconduct and violation of Canon 3, Rule 3.08 of the Canons of Judicial Ethics, and Branch Clerk of Court Rogelio M. Linatoc, for grave misconduct, both of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 47, Manila, initiated by the Court Administrator.1 [Resolution adopted on February 23, 1999, Rollo, p. 139.]

On November 24, 1998, Merlinia C. Santos filed with the Court Administrator, a sworn letter-complaint2 [Rollo, pp. 146-149.] against Rogelio A. Tria, "Acting Sheriff IV, Branch 47,Regional Trial Court, Manila,"...